Tsarnaev demands compensation from US authorities for prison conditions

Djokhar Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen, convicted under the Boston terror act case, has demanded USD 250,000 for the fact that the prison staff did not allow him to take shower and confiscated his cap and bandana.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in July 2020, the US Court of Appeal overturned the death penalty and ruled to reconsider Djokhar Tsarnaev's verdict; it was cancelled because of the possible bias of the jurymen, who were selected in Boston, where the terror act was committed.

Djokhar Tsarnaev has filed a lawsuit against the US government seeking compensation of USD 250,000 for discrimination and "illegal treatment" by the prison staff in Florence, Colorado, the Boston Herald newspaper wrote on its website on January 7.

In his lawsuit, Djokhar Tsarnaev claims that the prison staff had confiscated his cap and bandana that he had bought in the prison store, having explained the confiscation by the fact that by wearing them, the convict "disrespected the FBI and the explosion victims" at the Boston Marathon. Tsarnaev claims that "there are no proofs or evidence to support [this] false accusation."

Tsarnaev also complained that he was too rarely allowed to take a shower.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on January 8, 2021 at 08:15 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.